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I got my second vaccine shot on Wednesday afternoon. By the evening I had a fever and a bad headache and brainfuzz. All of that lasted all of yesterday, it was a pretty miserable day, but today I'm feeling a lot better. At least it means I know it did something to my immune system! I'm really looking forward to things I'll be able to do in two weeks.


Lots of this article resonated with me:

https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/05/essential-workers-coronavirus-fear-anger-wfh-resentment.html

I've been working in person since last June, after a two month trial of remote work didn't work out. I've been living with the constant awareness that at any point I could be exposed, and I've been living with trying to be especially careful in my life otherwise because of that risk. And so a lot of the discourse I've seen about about going back to normal post-vaccine feels weird and alienating.